The art books (in Part I) were nicely complemented with some non-fiction texts. I just so happen to have exactly five erotic art books and five non-fiction books on sex, at the moment.

These non-fiction books provided me with a lot of “valuable information” re: subconscious desires and that kind of stuff. I have a love for hidden things in life (I’ve always had an interest in what lies under the surface, re: the things that matter).

The great English explorer and author Richard F. Burton offers this translation of a work on sexuality, female sexuality in particular. Selected contents: Concerning women who deserve to be praised; About women who are to be held in contempt; Concerning everything that is favorable to the act of coition; Prescriptions for increasing the dimensions of small members, and for making them splendid. This book contains much erotic poetry.

Excerpt:

The Master of the Universe has bestowed upon them the empire of seduction; all men, weak or strong, are subjected to the weakness for the love of woman.

Over 7,000 men, ages thirteen to ninety-seven, speak out about: What they think of women — as wives, lovers, and friends; why a majority of men like marriage but are not faithful; what they think about love — and why they often distrust it; how they feel about giving women clitoral stimulation; why they often masturbate even with a regular sex life…and more.

Excerpt:

“The only time I am anxious that I am not ‘man enough’ (hate that juvenile, macho expression!) is when I have inexplicably lost my hard-on and cannot continue. What the hell happened? I ask myself. How come? How delicately am I balanced, anyway? It is frustrating and embarrassing. It makes me feel like I am a little helpless boy, guilty usually. I feel ashamed.” (Page 399)

Another very well-known book. I read both Hite reports (on male and female sexuality) — I enjoyed the male one a lot more. That’s not to say that the female one was not good. I just found the male one a lot more ‘illuminating’ ^^.

In this funny, insightful, and practical guide, Megan Skinner, astrologist extraordinaire, explains how to use the stars to find the perfect sexual mate. She profiles the sexual traits of each of the 12 signs, then shows every combination of them and what to expect in bed.

• Ideal for anyone interested in astrology • Easy to use, encyclopedic in content • Includes coverage of Sun signs and Moon signs • Discusses the influence of each planet and house on the sexual dynamics of each sign and each couple

Excerpt:

Venus and Mars connections are all about your sexual chemistry — Venus is the “feminine” aspect of love, representing your deeper sexual and romantic needs. Mars is the “masculine” aspect of love, representing your most primal sexual desires. (Chapter 10)

A good INTRODUCTORY text to the subject of sexual astrology.

On a slightly more advanced level, I’m a Venus conjunct Pluto in Scorpio 8th house (which kind of explains this entire series of blog posts…).

An international bestseller since it was first published in 1972, this updated edition brings this imaginative, uninhibited guide to lovemaking and sex to a whole new generation. It has been revised in such a way to retain Dr. Comfort’s original, revelatory advice while making it appropriate for the 21st century (balances responsibility with the importance of happy and relaxed sexuality in people’s lives). The drawings capture in full, frank detail the intimacy of the act of love.

Excerpt:

Real sex is the sort our culture and most mass media propaganda don’t recognize: not that intercourse, or masturbation, or genital kisses aren’t real sex, but some other things are real sex too, which people need, but which don’t excite our time and age. . .

(The Joy of Sex: “Appetizers” / Page 57)

Also a very well-known book. I absolutely adore the 80 very nicely done line illustrations (realistic, simple and very sensuous/intimate).

From the indefatigable Wallace family, authors of The Book of Lists and The People’s Almanac series (New York Times bestsellers that sold over eight million copies internationally), came 1981’s The Intimate Sex Lives of Famous People.

This compelling bestseller that kept many a reader up at night with its two hundred revealing profiles and three hundred rare photos just got better with a dozen new entries on the nocturnal fascinations of the iconic Tupac Shakur, Carlos Casteneda, Jim Morrison, Nico, Wilt Chamberlain, Ayn Rand, Kurt Cobain, Princess Diana, Aleister Crowley, Anna Nicole Smith, Michael Hutchence, and Malcolm X.

Excerpt:

“I loved my mother like a lover,” Lawrence admitted after her death in 1910. . .Always thin and consumpive, never particularly virile, with tousled hair, a “flaming” red beard, and eyes “intense as blue stars,” Lawrence attracted by the force of his personality a succession of wealthy, titled patronesses. “Income on two legs” he called these women, who subscribed to the Lawrencean sexual mystique and subsidized his nomadic lifestyle. (Prodigal Son: D. H. Lawrence, Page 190)

This book is a real riot. I’ve read many of the profiles and have yet to be disappointed!